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Teacher Resources

NEW TOOLS WORKSHOP!
4Teachers: Tools
RubiStar Customized rubrics in English and Spanish.
Free Technology for Teachers
Larry Ferlazzo's Top Tools for Teachers
Educators' Desk Reference(U. Syracuse) Resources, research, lesson plans
WebQuest Generators
Plagiarism Prevention Tools
National School Reform Protocols
SLA Performance Assessment Rubric

ShamblesNet
Teacher Tap (professional development resources)

From Richard Byrne:

Google for Teachers -

Lesson resources

• The Differentiator! (Bloom's options for differentiating projects)
• Lesson Plan Ideas (differentiated)
• Izzit (current events lessons)
• Zunal WebQuest Maker (includes great lessons!)
• The Week in Rap
• Public domain images - Copyright friendly - public domain images.
• GEM The Gateway
• Education Atlas
• Historic Scene Investigation
• Library of K12 Education Links
• Route 21 (21st Century Skills Resource Kit)
• Read/Write/Think
• American Memory Lesson Page
• Library of Congress Lessons by Theme/Topic
• Get Smart English (games and activities)
• History Teaching Ideas
• Historyteacher.net
• History Blog
• PowerPoint Games
• Educational Rap Music
• BBC Schools
• Blue Web'n
• Our Courts
• Free Printable Math Worksheets
• Making Mathematicians
• The Best Collections Of Educational Links
• World History Teaching and Learning Resources
• CyberSmart Curriculum
• New York Times Learning Network
• About.com Secondary
• About.com Elementary Educators
• Comics in the Classroom
• Tools for Vocabulary (Jen Madison)
• CongressLink Lesson Plans
• Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonist Index (using editorial cartoons in the classroom)
• Education World Teacher Resources
• Discovery School Lesson Plan Library
• Discovery School Teacher Tools
• edHelper.com (lessons, webquests, worksheets)
• FREE: Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
• Literature Response Lesson Plans
• Memorize Now (flashcards)
• NARA Digital Classroom
• National Science Digital Library
• National Geographic Education
• NOVA Online Activities (science)
• PBS TeacherSource
• Professional Cartoonist (Editorial Cartoons with lesson plans)
• S.C.O.R.E. Cyberguides
• Social Studies School Service Online Activities
• Teach With Movies: A New Tool for Parents and Teachers
• Teaching History Online (lots of simulations)
• Teaching With Documents
• TEFL Clips
• Thinkfinity
• Tom March's New Best WebQuests
• WebQuest
• WebEnglish Teacher.com
• WebMath
• 1000s of Free Powerpoint Presentations

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Open Source Curricula

• OER Commons
• MIT OpenCourseWare: Highlights for High School
• MIT’s OpenCouseWare
• Connexions
• CMU Open Learning Initiative
• Wikibook project
• Wikijunior
• South African Curriculum
• World Lecture Hall

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More Sites for Lessons!

• About.com Secondary Lesson Plans
• Educator's Reference Desk
• CNN SF Learning Resources
• Educational Cyberplayground
• EconEdLink
• Edsitement
• Education Index
• Federal Resources for Academic Excellence
• Greece Athena: English Language Arts
• High School Hub
• Holocaust Teacher Resource Center Lesson Plans
• Internet Learning Network
• NARA Digital Classroom
• NCREL
• New Teacher Page
• Newsweek Education Program
• Pacific Bell Knowledge Network Explorer
• PBS TeacherSource
• Sites for Teachers
• Smithsonian Education: Teaching Resources
• Smithsonian Lesson Plans
• Teacher Net
• Teacher Tidbytes
• Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust
• Teacher's Guide to the Professional Cartoonist's Index
• TeachersFirst Professional Resources Matrix
• Teachers Helping Teachers
• Teaching with Historic Places
• Teachnet.Com
• Virtual Field Trips

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On Reform and Improvement

• LiveText: Teachers' College Columbia University
• Active Learning Practices for Schools
• Coalition of Essential Schools
• Filamentality (ATT Education)
• From Now On
• Annenberg Institute for School Reform
• Pathways to School Improvement